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<dc:title>119 HR 3557 IH: To amend the Small Business Act to waive the accrual of interest and payments for certain disaster loans for a year, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2025-05-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 3557</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250521">May 21, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="N000191">Mr. Neguse</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="C001133">Mr. Ciscomani</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HSM00">Committee on Small Business</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Small Business Act to waive the accrual of interest and payments for certain disaster loans for a year, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB76951DA68CC4C3294C26A89368C1A91" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H9FD55EFBC68D4CA5BDF09D5A422F6495" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Waiver of interest accrual and payments for certain disaster loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(d) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE499AEC57F034123B82C4239A8DC4852" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H149FB91A48304E149D0714E626EF592A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Waiver of interest accrual and payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a loan made under subsection (b) for disasters declared on or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall, for the 12-month period beginning on the date of disbursement of such loan—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HB138B8F4C98B4EC3A438C0F79ED987F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a rate of interest on such loan of zero percent; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A9328058CF4485F958AE5BEBDB92B2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">defer payments during such period on the principal of such loan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> 
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